Leo Bussi
Writer and programmer
Glasgow
Leo Bussi is a writer and programmer based in Glasgow. He is interested in contemporary ekphrasis. His debut pamphlet Life-Sized came out in 2025 with Spam Press.
Current Projects:
Co-editor of Bumper, an art and literature review
Founder of Ek, ongoing curatorial project about contemporary ekphrasis
Founder of Waterwings, a reading series
Upcoming:
'Air, Holes, Six Friends,' on Jeff Koons' Hulk (Friends) — Futch Journal, 2026
Waterwings reading at The Plane School for Glasgow Art Weekend
Publications:
'Mispronouncing Munch #3' — Wet Grain Poetry, 2026
'Theory theory #2' & 'Theory theory #3' — Ludd Gang, 2026
Review of Painting our mutual friend — Bumper Issue 1, Summer 2026
'Bookish Paintings' — BOMB Magazine, 2026
'Painting Bitten by Who?' — Bleet! Zine, 2025
'Jimmy Jimmy Jam' — Are You New Here, 2025
'Snitches called American Modern Baby' — Discount Guillotine, 2025
Life-Sized — SPAM Press, 2025
'Signaling Colour' — Plinth, 2024
Frieze New Writers Glasgow Guide — Frieze, 2024
'The Darling of Reflection' — Sid Motion Gallery, 2024
'Take your pick from all my delicious centrepieces' — Tentacular Mag, 2022
Three poems — Soapbox Journal for Cultural Analysis, 2021
'Five flies on my bathroom tile' — Gutter Magazine, 2021
Readings:
Poetry reading at Collective Gallery — 21/08/26
Fundraiser for Boardroom Committeeroom at A Place Gallery, Glasgow — 17/06/26
Three lectures with Donna Marcus Duke and D Mortimer at The Writers' Room, London — 30/05/26
Ten Years of Spam at Old Queen's Head, London — 27/05/26
Tissue #17 + 18 at Goldsmiths CCA, London — 24/05/26
Reading with Sean Burns, Rose Higham-Stainton, Leo Bussi and Nasim Łuczaj at The Writers' Room, London — 23/05/26
ERP at The Old Hairdressers, Glasgow — 30/04/26
GNASH at Adrian's Bar, Glasgow — 09/12/25
Book launch for The Indigo Hours, A Place Gallery, Glasgow — 27/11/25
Waterwings X Ek reading at David Dale Gallery, Glasgow — 13/09/25
Ek Symposium at Glasgow Project Room, Glasgow — 12–13/09/25
Ek Ek Ek group show opening at Glasgow Project Room, Glasgow — 11/09/25
Waterwings reading for Jupiter Rising X EAF at Jupiter Artland, Edinburgh — 16/08/25
'Are You New Here' fundraiser reading at The House, Glasgow — 30/07/25
Hey Mum at The Ivy House, London — 24/06/25
Waterwings X AFK at A Place Gallery, Glasgow — 12/06/25
Glasgow Glyph Gang lecture at The Dram, Glasgow — 15/05/25
BULB! Poetry reading at Lilybank Gardens, Glasgow — 09/05/25
Life-Sized pamphlet launch at Good Press, Glasgow — 20/03/25
Waterwings at 16 Collective, Glasgow — 15/02/25
Waterwings at The House, Glasgow — 12/10/24
Waterwings reading for Jupiter Rising X EAF at Jupiter Artland, Edinburgh — 17/08/24
Isles SPAM reading at Mount Florida Books, Glasgow — 10/07/24
Publication launches for Caleb Nichols and Micheal McCann at Good Press, Glasgow — 18/06/24
Reading at Sid Motion Gallery, London — 11/05/24
Reading at CCA for Glasgow Zine Fest — 04/05/24
Reading for Ghost Press at David Dale Gallery, Glasgow — 28/04/24
Waterwings at French Street, Glasgow — 28/02/24
Waterwings at Good Press, Glasgow — 12/01/23
Waterwings at Mount Florida Books, Glasgow — 04/10/22
Awards & Residencies:
The Writers’ Room residency — 2026
Collaborative Research Award, Glasgow University — 2025
A Sense of Urgency Residency, Strange Field — 2024
Frieze New Writers Fellow — 2024
Eaton College Fund — 2023
Press:
'Funny, sexy and a bit weird': inside the new wave of literary parties
Review of Life-Sized in The New Cambridge Chapbook Review, Issue 5